Machine for making wire-bound shipping-receptacles.



J. J. MILLER. MACHINE FOR MAKING W18 BOUND SHIPPING REGEPTAGLBS. I AP? IIIIII on FILED JUL 111111 2.

1 ,1 1 0,073, Patented Sept. 8, 1914. v 4 ssssss H'EET 1.

J. .J. MILLER.

MACHINE FOR MAKING WIRE BOUND SHIPPING RE GEPTACLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5,1912.

l 1 1 0,073, Patented Sept. 8, 1914 4 sIiEBTssHBET 2.

J. J. MILLER.

MAGHINE FOR MAKING WIRE BOUND SHIPPING REQEPTAOLES. APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, 1912.

1, 1 1 0,073. Patented Sept. 8, 1914,

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J. J. MILLER.

MACHINE FOR MAKING WIRE BOUND SHIPPING EEOEPTAOLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY5,1912.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

4 SHEETS SHEET 4.

Parana TULIUS J. MILLER, OF ST. JOSEPH, LLLICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM .1. HEAL'EZ'. "7"

CHIQAG-D, ILLIiTOIS.

MACHINE FER MAKING WIRE-BOUND SHIPPING-LRECIEITACLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept.

Application filed July 5, 1912. Serial No. '207366.

To all 16/ 10771 it may cons-cm Be it known that I, JULIUS J. MILLER, a citizen of the United States of America, and residentor" St. Joseph, Berrien county, Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Making \Vire-Bound Shipping-Receptacles, 01 which the following is a specification. h'ly invention relates to machinery for making receptacles in general, but more particularly to machines for applying reinforcing or binding" members to the side Walls of receptacles of this kind, and especially machines of this character having provisions for stapling the binding wires to the outer surface of the box or crate or other receptacle.

Generally stated, the object of my inventionis to provide a novel and improved machine of the foregoing general character.

A special object is to provide a machine which will fasten the binding wires or other similar reinforcing member-sin place at the same time that the head or end wall of the box or crate or other receptacle is secured to the side walls thereof and havin means for automatically rotating the materials during the process of constructing the box or crate or other receptacle, preferably about a fixed axis, whereby the fasteners,

such as staples, are successively inserted cir-.

euiuferentialiy thereof.

Another obgect is to provide a machine of this kind in which means are provided for securing one or more binding Wires or other flexible reinforcing members around the box or crate or other receptacle at a point or points between the ends thereof, the mechanism for so doing being preferably dis posed in position to operate upon the ma terials in advance of the staplers by which the side walls, such as strips of veneer, are

secured to the head or end wall of the box or crate or other receptacle, or to both heads or end walls thereof, depending upon the character of are receptacle being made.

head or end wall thereof, or to'both heads or end Walls, depending upon the character Y of the receptacle, as will hereinafter more .fully appear.

It is also an object to provide certaih tails and novel features of construetiontendmg to increase the general efiiciency serviceability of a Wire bound box; or or barrel machine of this particular acter. i.

To the foregoing and other useful ei my invention consists in matters-hereinai set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying dyawingsi f' grire l is a side elevation of aihachine embody ng the principles of my invention,

13 a perspective of the wire bound-or receptacle blank made by the said machine, and which blank thentastcne'. same machine'to the head or end Wa l or the receptacle, or tobo'th heads at. thereof, it being understood, hria-vereigtlntt the two marginal binding i'iiei'nh'ersiire not applied at the time that the blarilcisformed by the stapling of the two ii'itermediate binding wires to the strips oily-sneer, these marginal binding members being secured in place at the same time that the .said of veneer are stapled. or tastened to heads or end walls of the boxes or crates or other receptacles of this general eharacte Fig. 3 is a plan of the machine shown Fig. 1. the said machine on line in Fig. 5' a front elevation, of the said n rchine. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view'of :one of the rotating supports or Workholders.

which engage the heads or ends or" the be or crate or other receptacle during the o eration of stapling the materials toget er. Fig. 7 is a perspective of one of the heads or end walls of the round box or crate or receptacle. Fig. 8 is a perspective of the finished receptacle.

As thus illustrated, my invention coinprises a base A upon which are mounted the front and rear upright castii'igs B and C for supporting the various operative parts in suitably elevated positions. The castings B are connected by a shaft Z) upon which are mounted the sprockets 6 saidshafteX- tending transversely of the machine. The castings C are connected by shaft 0 upon which are mounted the sprockets o, the

W rig. 2

by his Fig-ml is a longitudinal section of 5:

said shaft being disposed transversely of the machine the planewof the first men-' lit tioncd shaft. The two shafts connected by the sprocket chains D which are arranged on the said sprocket wheels and adapted to Form an endless traveling worle holder. The castings C are also connected by the usual stationary crosshcad E and the \uli ally movable or reciprocating crosshead 1 the staplers (i being mounted upon said. crossbeails in the usual manner, and u of any suitable, known or approved .rur-tion.

".lhc iutcruuuliate staplers H are of siinil. 1' character and mode of operation, but are disposed in' advance or the staplers G, whereby the staples driven by the staplers H are inserted in the materials at a point over the traveling \Vntlillt'JltlQl formed by the chains or linlt belts D, it being observed, howeve (hat all ftrmr' staplers are operated simullancously by the up and down movement of the crossl'iead F, which latter is operated in any suitable manner. For examplc, said crosshcad l may be connected by the pitmen f with the eccentrics f mounted on the ends of the drive shaft l, which ontends transversely of the machine at a point below the said staplers. Each stapler is, of course, providml with a suitable device for "ieeiling the staple wire thereto, and the Sta- 1 plcrs G are arranged to receive the binding wires from the reels J at the top of the machine. in a similar manner the staplers ll are arranged to receive the binding wires "ruin the reels K at the top of the machine. Thus each stapler is adapted to insert each staple crosswise of a binding wire to secure the latter in place upon the outer surface of the side walls of the box or crate or other receptacle.

if desired, shown in Fig. 2, the reels J can be arranged to feed flat metal strips in place ol' the binding wires, or if desired flat strips of wood can be employed as a substitutc, whereby the end of the box or crate or other rcreptacle will be bound around on the outside with fiat hoops.

The strips of veneer forming the side walls of the receptacle can be laid upon the traveling workholdcr D by hand. As a. matter oi further and special improvement, lumevcr, these strips are fed from a hopper L disposed immediately in front of the staplers H, the said traveling workholder bein}; provided with lugs (l which engage the edge of the strip of veneer at the bottom of the hopper and rcn'iove it-thercfrom in the direction of the staplers, the strips of veneer dropping automatically into the spaces between the said lugs as the workholdcr travels along. The said hopper is preferably supported b brackets Z secured to the castings U at the rear end of the machine.

The means for supporting and rotating the materials during the operation of. securing the heads 1, shown in F ig. 7, to the strips of; veneer 2, are as follows A. short shaft M is disposed transversely of the machine, at each side thereof, so as to rotate about an axis which is directly below the staple drivers of the staplers G, each said shaft being mounted in one of the upright castings C of the frame or body of the machine. Each. shaft is provided with a sleeve m connected therewith by a spline or feather, whereby each sleeve is movable endwise relative to its alloted shaft. The inner end of each sleeve in is provided with a disk or annular member m having teeth of on the inner surface thereof. Each sleeve is alsoprovided with a grooved collar mi, and these collars are engaged by the fork shaped ends of. the bell crank levers m and m, said levers being pivoted at m and m upon the brackets m secured to the inner sides of the said body frame. A foot lever in arranged transversely of the machine, being pivoted at one end thereof, and the two bell cranks are connected by links m and m with the said foot lever or treadlc. W 1th thisarrangement, a depression of the said foot lever or treadle operates to throw the two disks m toward each other, and the mechanism can be held in this'position by a catch m for engaging the said foot/lever or treadle. When. the said foot lever'or treadle is released, the springs 'm, and WW, which are applied to the saidbell, cranks, then serve to automatically separate the two disks m --that is to say, serve to move these disks away from each other to release the finished box or crate or other receptacle. The end walls or heads 1 of the box or crates are placed upon these disks m so that the teeth. m impinge upon the depressed or countersunk surface of each head or end wall; and in this way the hoop or annular portion of each head or end wall is supported upon the periphery of the disks'm, whereby the latter serves to scl'idly support the head or end wall below one of the staplers G and in position to receive the staples. The shafts M are provided at their outer end with ratchet wheels m which are engaged by the pawls or ratchet dogs m on the swiugiug arms m", which latter swing about an axis coincident with the axis of the said shafts and ratchet wheels. These arms m" are con uected by pitmen m with the eccentrics m on the shaft I, whereby the disks m are in termittently rotated and the Work given a step by step rotary feed motion during the stapling operation. The traveling workholder D is operated by a similar ratchet feed device N applied to the shaft 0 and operated by a pitman n, the said pitman being in turn actuated by an eccentric n on the said drivin shaft. It will be understood that the ratchet feed devices thus provided for the traveling workholder and the rotary workholders are operated simultaneously and in such manner that the materials are properly fed along in a step by step manner during the operation of t e machine.

T he mode of operation is as follows: When the materials are in position, the machine is started and the intermediate ing Wires 3 are secured in place by the staplers ll, thus forming a continuous blank which is fed in a step by step manner to tie rotary workholder. The ends of the strips of veneer 2 and the 4;, which latter be of any suitable character, are then secured to the hoops or heads of the end Walls 1 by the staplers Gr, and after both heads or end Walls are in place, the machine is stopped before the disks m have been given a complete rotation, in order to leavethe receptacle open at one side" thereof. However, and if it be desired to make a receptacle which is closed all around and simply left open at one end thereof, then a hoop is placed on one of the disks m, similar to the hoops of the end walls, and a complete end wall is then placed upon the other disk on, whereby a round receptacle is made having a closed bottom and an open top-that is to say, one end is closed but the other isleft open and simply provided with an inner rim or hoop to which a shcetof reneer or a board may be secured afterward, when it is desired to close or seal the receptacle. Thus it Will be seen that the strips of veneer and marginal binding members are'secured together at the same time that the side Walls are secured to the outer edges of the heads or end walls of the receptacle. From the foregoing it will be seen that by my invention I provide a machine capable of producing a round box or crate, or other receptacle, such use barrel or banana crate, and which secures the heads oi the end walls and the binding members in place by one and the same operation. thereof.

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

1. A. machine for making wire bund shipping receptacles, comprising fastener binding members means for feeding and means for feeding driving mechanism, instrumentalities for supplying binding Wires to said. mechanism, means for holding the materials in position to receive the fasteners, whereby each fastener secures a binding member and a head of the receptacle to the side Walls thereof, and a device for causing the rotation of said means, whereby the side Walls are successively received thereon, and to permit the successive insertion of fastehers circumfe entially of said receptacle, said means he ing'constrncted to engage only the outside of the receptacle.

2. In a machine for making shipping receptacles, means for feeding slats or staves,

fastening one or iore binding members to said slats intermediate their ends, means beyond the said feeding means for "winding the slats and binding member ormembers attached. thereto, and means for feeding and fasten ing an outer binding member along the ends of the slats While on said winding means.

3. In a machine for making shipping roceptacles, means for feeding slats or staves, and fastening one or more binding members to said slats intermediate their ends, means beyond the feeding means for winding the slats and bind ing member or members attached thereto, and means for feeding and fastening an outer binding member along the ends of the slats While on said winding means, said Windin means being provided with devices for hol ing end pieces ,Wlthlil the receptacle While the same isbeing formed,ithese end pieces being held in position to be fastened within the receptacle by the same devices that fasten the outer binding members to the slats.

Signed by me at St. Joseph, Michigan, this 26th day of June, 1912.

JULIUS J. MILLER.

Witnesses En. A. GAST, ALBERT C. TiLLY.

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